Anchor Steam Beer

The classic of American brewing tradition since 1896, Anchor Steam has a deep bronze colour with a thick creamy head. The palate is full and malty with a beautiful bitter hop aroma - a unique beer universally recognised as a world classic that traces back to the Gold Rush era.

ABV:4.8%

Size (Bottles):24 x 355ml

Draught:19.5 litre keg (American Sankey Coupler)

Style:California Common

Liberty Ale

The champagne-like bubbles, distinctive hop bouquet and balanced character of Liberty Ale® revives old brewing traditions that are now more relevant than ever. First introduced in 1975, Anchor Liberty Ale® was the first American IPA brewed after prohibition. Furthermore, it was the first modern dry hopped ale in the US and was the beer that popularised the Cascade hop.

ABV:5.9%

Size (Bottles):24 x 355ml

Size (Cans):24 x 355ml

Style:IPA

California Lager

Anchor Steam's roots go back to the Gold Rush, long before icehouses and modern refrigeration made traditional lagers a viable California option. In 1876, thanks to an ice pond in the mountains and a belief that anything is possible in the Golden State, a little brewery named Boca created California's first genuine lager. Anchor California Lager is Anchor's re-creation of this historic beer.

ABV:4.9%

Size (Bottles):24 x 355ml

Size (Cans):24 x 355ml

Style:Lager

Anchor Porter

With deep black colour, a thick, creamy head, rich chocolate, toffee and coffee flavours, and full-bodied smoothness, Anchor Porter is the epitome of a handcrafted dark beer and a classic of the porter style.

ABV:5.6%

Size (Bottles):24 x 355ml

Style:American Porter

Anchor Go West! IPA

The California Gold Rush compelled thousands to Go West! “to see the elephant,” a metaphor for the doggedly optimistic risk-taking linked then and now with America’s intensified pursuit of happiness. This brew pours bright, clear golden color with light tan head, has strong tropical and citrus fruit aromas balanced by the spiky freshness of pine needles. You get bitterness up front followed by subtly sweet maltiness, a light body and very smooth finish.

ABV:6.7%

Size (Bottles):24 x 355ml

Size (Cans):24 x 355ml

Draught:19.5 litre keg (American Sankey Coupler)

Style:IPA

Anchor Brewing At A Glance

America’s First Craft Brewery

With a history dating back to the 1890s and the Gold Rush, Anchor Brewing can rightly lay claim to being America's first craft brewery.

German brewer Gottlieb Brekle arrived in Califormia with his family and bought an old beer-and-billiards saloon on Pacific Street, San Francisco and transformed it into the brewery that twenty-five years later would be renamed Anchor.

Beer that Started a Revolution

Introduced in 1975 and brewed to celebrate patriot Paul Revere’s historic actions during the America's War of Independence, Liberty Ale was the first modern American IPA brewed after prohibition. A single-hop ale (Cascade) and dry-hopped ale it lays claim to being the original craft-brewed ale and the beer that started a brewing revolution in America.

The Story of Anchor Steam

Anchor Steam® Beer derives its unusual name from the 19th century when “steam” was a nickname for beer brewed on the West Coast of America under primitive conditions and without ice.

While the origin of the name remains shrouded in mystery, it likely relates to the original practice of fermenting the beer on San Francisco’s rooftops in a cool climate. In lieu of ice, the foggy night air naturally cooled the fermenting beer, creating steam off the warm open pans.

Once a nickname for any West Coast beer brewed under these conditions, today the name “steam” is a trademark of Anchor Brewing and applies only to the singular process and taste of their flagship brand and a classic of American brewing.